Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 637, Jacob Drake, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Drake, Jacob
S. 637
carded.
CONTENTS

New Jersey Buffalo N.Y. M ch 1838
Jacob Drake 14685
of Erie Co. in the State of N.Y. who was a priv: in the Comp: commanded by Captain Swards of the N.Y. commanded by Col. Martin in the N.Y. line for
6. Mo: 26. days
Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. at the rate of 22. Dollars 77. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June 1833. and sent to N. H. Hale, Buffalo, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 45. 54. Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 11. 38 $ 56.92.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Francis Clerk, Book C. Vol. 4. Page 9.
Copy of the above Certified by the Comr. 11 th July 1838
Certificate of Transfer. 23 d Oct 1837. do to Pen. Age 18 Jan y 1838. To New Jersey for 4 Septem r 1835. 24 th Jan y 1838. - Notified sent to A. Austin. Augusta Sussex County New Jersey Let to N.J. 26 th May 12 1838. do 53 d Act. June 9. 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from - 4 Sept 1835 to 4 Sept 1837. Agents Notified 12 th July 1838.

[Declaration of a Revolutionary Soldier who served in the MILITIA, to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.]
State of New York, } On this 7 th day of March 183 3 personally appeared in open Court, be- Erie County, ss. } fore the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Buffalo, in said County, Isaac Drake a resident of Concord in the County of Erie
and State of New York, aforesaid, aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
That he was born in the Town of Frankford in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey in the year 1755 on the 11 th day of July - He has no record of his age, he had one, but it was burned with his house about 16 or 17 years since. And the deponent further says that he resided in Frankford aforesaid when he first entered the service of the United States and continued to make it his home there during the Revolutionary War, and until about twenty years since when he moved into the Town of Concord in the County of Erie first above mentioned where he has continued to reside ever since and where he now resides. And the deponent further says that about the tenth day of June as near as he can recollect, in the year 1775 he enlisted as a volunteer at Frankford aforesaid into the State Troops or Militia of the State of New Jersey, and
of Dido born then

which it was he is not positive, in Captain Bowers or Bowers Company, he does remember his first name, in Colonel Ephraim Martin's Regiment, the Colonel he cannot remember and under Major Sturtevant Sturtevant, his first name; he cannot recollect the orderly Bowers name. of the Company was Bowers, he does not remember any more of the sergeants names, and cannot now remember any officers corporals names, who belonged to the Company. At the time Bowers joined and that it was about sixty miles from where he then lived to New York as near as he can remember and he joined his company about that was from where he lived to New York, but the name of the place he cannot remember, and after he so joined his company the Company marched to New York and then they joined the regiment (Martin's) above mentioned, and stood at New York about two months as near as he can remember and while he was at New York as last above stated he was employed the principal part of the time in standing guard, that while he was at New York they took up a number of houses, and confined some in the Old City Hall and he was employed in standing guard over them a part of the time, that the British came to New York, an incident they abandoned the place and marched up the River
some distance, he cannot remember now for sure the place at which they stopped, when the Regiment stopped and he then dependent upon his sick with a very many others with what was called the camp sickness, that he continued sick until his time for which he enlisted had nearly expired, when his father came after him and he returned home, that the Regiment was at that place when he returned home, but cannot tell now when it returned home, that he got home about the first of November as near as he can remember, that he did not receive a written discharge but was discharged verbally by the Captain, that he was out at the time of service not less than four eight months nor twenty days, that there were other Regiments with them while they were at New York and after they marched up the River but the names of any of them he cannot now remember, neither can he remember any more of the officers names that belonged to the Regiment or Companies that he was not in any battles during this time except the time the British landed at New York, and they left the place when they had a skirmish, that he served the above time as a private
of Oldborn Tens

soldier,
And this deponent further says that in the year 1776 as near as he can recollect, about the first of November the Company to which he belonged to when he was at home, was called up, and marched towards Philadelphia into the State of Pennsylvania, that he belonged to Captain Stull's or some such name, as that Company in Colonel Mendenhall's regiment the  mentioned , that he found the Company at the place where he first and joined the regiment after they got in to Pennsylvania. That he thinks the Adjutant's name that belonged to the regiment was Hopkins, that the Lieutenant's name of the Company was Dennis Augustine or Gustine, that he thinks one of the Sergeants names was Samuel Shunk or Sheridan, that he cannot remember any more of the officers names, that after they joined the regiment they marched on to the Banks of Red Bank in Armstrong County in Pa. where they had a battle with the British, which terminated in a victory in favor of the Americans, that after the battle they were discharged verbally by the Captain and returned home, that he was in the service at this time not less than twenty five
days. That there were other regiments along with them during this time but he cannot tell who commanded any of them nor any other of the Company, and he does not remember any more of the officers names than what are above named. And that deponent further says that after he left the regiment after river as stated in his first term of service in Red Bank that Colonel Mendenhall was taken sick and Colonel Mendenhall under whom he was when he went to Red Bank in other words took the command of the regiment in place of Colonel Mendenhall. And he further says that he served the above mentioned period of twenty five days as a private.
And this deponent further says that in the year of 1777 as near as he thinks, he volunteered about the middle of January to go at the place aforesaid where he then resided, with the rest of the Company to which he belonged to go to Becks Plains as it was then called, to take a party of Hessian that were in that place that the Company marched on to Becks Plains and surprised the Hessians to the number of about thirty and took them prisoners and after wards delivered them over
of Red Bank then

to Colonel Stark  Stark and then returned home, that during this time he was in Captain Peter Hopkins Company and was not in the service at this time not less than one month , and was not in any battles or skirmishes except in taking the Mexicans , - that he did not receive any unlettered discharge, but was verbally dismissed by the Captain when they returned home, - that they did not join any regiment , that he further says that the first year of the war after that he left the rest of the Company to which he belonged volunteered to go abruptly to Emory down towards the Pelican river to take a party of men to the mouth of river , which they took and surprised them in sleep and afterwards overpowered them greatly  killed that Captain Stark  Stark commanded the Company and was not less than two days when they returned home, and was verbally dismissed by the Captain that he does not remember any more of the affairs  matters than what is also stated, that he has no documentary evidence that he knows of and does not know of any person that he can positively his services  positively by that knew of his being out second  and the last term of ten days as a sergeant
and he further says that there is no Shugerman residing in his town or neighborhood with whom he is acquainted. And his deponent further says that Amos Sturtevant and Francis Sturtevant are persons residing in his neighbor- hood and with many others can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his being a soldier of the Revolution and serving as a statesman.
He hereby relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a Pension, or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State,
Sworn and subscribed this day of March
Sworn and subscribed this 7 th day of March 1833 Nouk P. Smayde Clerk of Brooklyn Pleas
Yucatán his → Drake Manuka

We, Amos Stansrow residing in the town of Concord and County of Con and Francis Ferrin - residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Drake who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and Sworn, this 7th day of March 183 3
Francis Ferrin Amos Stansrow
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of our Com. Pleas
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Amos Stansrow who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Concord and county of Con and that Francis Ferrin who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Concord and county of Con and an credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Noah P. Sprague, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jacob Drake for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 7th day of March 183 3
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of our County

Jacob Drake Declaration
23890
If placed on the Pension Roll Mr Drake will wish to live at Buffalo N.Y. Hall age Buffalo NY

No 23896
Jacob Diske Erie County New York
admitted.
6 mo 25 days Private.
N. K. Hall. Buffalo. New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Drake Erie County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. June 1775 - 4 20 Private Capt Seward, Colonel 76 years Traditional evidence, witness   Called Nov. 1776 - - 25 - Martin's Regt - Frankfort Certified credible - no Clergymen   Vol. Jan. 1777 - 1 - - Capt Stull Col Hawthorn 76 years Concurrence to Affidavit - papers   Served " - - 10 - Capt Hopkins New Jersey Direct   6 25 Capt Stull  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same), who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the years, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

May 25, 1940
BA-J/AWF Am Jacob Drake S. 637
Mr. H. W. Jenks Box 434, Benjamin Franklin Station Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In compliance with your request of recent date, you are furnished herein the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Drake, as found in papers on file in claim for pension, S. 637, based upon his service in that war.
Jacob Drake was born July 14, 1755, in Frankford, Sussex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given, his father was living during the Revolution.
While a resident of Frankford, New Jersey, Jacob Drake enlisted and served with the New Jersey troops as follows:
From June 10, 1775, four months and twenty days as a private in Captain John Seward's company, Colonel Ephraim Martin's regiment, and was in a skirmish near New York; from November 1, 1776, twenty-five days as private in Captain Stull's company, Colonel Hankinson's regiment, and was in an engagement at Redbank, Pennsylvania; from January 15, 1777, one month in Captain Peter Hopkins' company, and was at the taking of the Hessians at Scott's Plains; a year or two later, ten days as sergeant in Captain Stull's company.
Jacob Drake moved from Frankford, New Jersey,

in the year 1808, to Concord, Erie County, New York.
Jacob Drake was allowed pension on his application executed March 7, 1833, at which time he was living in Concord, New York.
In 1837, he had returned to Sussex County, New Jersey, to reside with "his friends and relatives." Their names were not stated, nor is the date of death of the soldier, Jacob Drake, shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Jacob Drake Certificate # 14685 Issued June 12, 1833 Rate $22.77 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New Jersey Agency, transferred from Buffalo, New York Agency
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1909 June 11 Hist. Soc. E. F. Coomer. V. L. etc. 1912 Nov. 29 Richard Parsons Ohio Wesleyan University Del. Ohio. No mention of children being married Letter in N. J. 43-8-79 Tho. Larson. 1929. Jan. 11-14 with the Mrs. J. F. Kurtz. Aug. 1940. May 26. Lien to Mr. H.
New Year
INVALID.
File No. 637
and Jacob Drake ,  Bro. N. J. L...
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: — Vol. 6 , Page 102
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jacob Drake $22.77/100 7. June Albany
New York Albany
To what time last paid
5 th . Mch 21 Sept 1835
JA
Pension Office 21 st Jany 1838

State of New York
Erie County ss. Jacob Drake of the town of Concord in said County living, duly sworn says that in the month of June 1833, he this deponent received a certificate for a Pension for services as a Revolutionary Soldier, signed by the Secretary of War - that the amount mentioned in said certificate he thinks was Twenty five dollars & some odd cents per annum that soon after receiving said certificate he drew the amount due according to the terms of said certificate, nine for the two years preceding the 4th March 1833 - that soon after he missed said certificate & after the most diligent search he has been unable to find it - that such certificate is lost and he verily believes he will never be able to find such original certificate again.
Given under my hand this 21 st day of July 1834 after being carefully read over to deposit that he perfectly understood the same
N. K. Hall
Comm'r of Deeds for Erie Co.
Jacob his Drake mark
I am acquainted with Mr Drake & believe him to be a credible person
N. K. Hall for me
State of New York
Erie County ss. Clerk's Office ss. I Noah P. Sprague Clerk said County do hereby certify that Nathan K. Hall Esquire whose name is subscribed to the first of the above affidavits was at the time of taking the same a Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn & acting as such And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Commissioner and verily believe the signature of "N. K. Hall" subscribed to the said first to be his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County at Buffalo this fifth day of July 1834
Noah P. Sprague Clerk By John Record Deputy

Mr. [unclear] Pension office
Sec. of War
Washington City D.C.

Sir
Augusta Sussex County N Jersey Oct. 12. 1837. —
Mr Jacob Drake a Revolutionary Pensioner late of the State of New Yorke - having removed to this place, he wishes his pension to be removed from New York to the New Jersey Agency - and applied to me for that purpose - I have therefore sent on his certificate with a request that it may be changed to this State & if the rules of the department require any other proceedings, you will please send me the form &c. —
You will please send the inclosure or a new certificate to him directed to this Post Office — Stephen Gustin

Free
Secretary of War Washington City D.C.
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Mr Evan Mr Evan see for further info in office

War Department Pension Office 23 Oct 1837.
Sir.
I herewith enclose the regulations and forms relating to transfers as requested in your letter of the 12 th inst n in the case of Jacob Drake.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Your obed Serv t Geo. McBrumf Acting Comr of Pension
Stephen Justin Esq Augusta Sussex County New Jersey.

Winter Bank Pension Office May 10 1838
Sir
I must request you to inform me where the enclosed Papers must be paid, and whether the case comes under the late Law?
Jacob Drake a Pensioner under Act June 7 1832, and transferred to this Agency from N. York last January
I am very respectfully Your Ob d Serv t
Ph is Dickinson Pres t
C. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions

State of New Jersey } Superior Court } ss. On this thirteenth day of November 1837 before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Sussex personally appeared Jacob Drake who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Geward in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin in the Service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of New Jersey where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future The following are his reasons for removing from the County of Erie in the State of New York to the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey - because of his age and infirmity to reside with his friends and relations in the State of New Jersey - Given & subscribed before me the day and year above written Nathaniel Roe his Mark Peter Drake
State of New Jersey Superior Court } ss. On this thirteenth day of November 1837 before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Stephen Gorton of said County who being duly sworn on his oath says that the Jacob Drake who has taken the above oath is the Jacob Drake described in the affidavit, & further saith not - Given and subscribed before me the day and year above written Nathaniel Roe Stephen Gorton
State of New Jersey Superior Court } ss. J. Nathaniel Roe the Magistrate before whom the above affidavit made by the above named Stephen Gorton was taken and sworn

do hereby certify - That the said Stephen Gustin is a person of veracity - & that his signature is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty seven.
Nathaniel Roe
State of New Jersey } I Joseph E Edsall Clerk of the Court Sussex County ss } of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Sussex do hereby certify that Nathaniel Roe Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions appear to have been taken was at the time of taking the same and still is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly Commissioned and sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Nathaniel Roe Esq. and that his signature to the foregoing is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my said office at Newton in said County this twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight
J. E. Edsall

Sarah Drake
Jacob Drake
Payments to be made
at New York by J. D. D. P.
Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Buffalo.
4657
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, Book Vol. 1
Page 1 John [unclear] Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Isaac Drake of the State of New York who was a Private during the Revolutionary War, is entitled to receive Twenty two dollars and Twenty Seven cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 11th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
L. D. Bishop.
Secretary of War.

Paie le 4 sept 1838 Paie le 4 mai 1839 Paie le 4 mars 1840 Paie le 4 fév 1840
14. 635

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 7. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jacob Drake a Pensioner on the Roll of the New-Jersey Agency, at the rate of twenty two Dollars and seventy seven Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1835 to the 4 th Sept. 1837
Respectfully yours,
Merick E. Parris Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
January 22 d 1838
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 18 th inst. I have to state, that Jacob Drake a Pensioner under the Act of 7 Jun. 1832 — at 22\frac{77}{100} — Dollars per annum. — was last paid to the 4 th day of Ap l . 1835
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Th. W. Quill
PRES'T, AND PENSION AGENT.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
PENSION OFFICE,
26 th January 1838.
Sir:
In conformity with the regulations of this Department, you have this day been transferred from the Roll of (Albany) New York to that of (New Jersey) ~ to take effect from and after the 4 th September 1835.
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Mr. Jacob Drake
U. S. Pensioner.
Care of Alpheus Gustin Esq
Augusta
Sussex County,
New Jersey

Certificate Jacob Drake
A. Guston

Examined and } Countersigned. }
Geo. W. Broom Chf. Clk.
for the behalf of Commissioner of Pensions.
[Faint handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side:] I certify that the within is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office.

No. 27 July 11. Jacob Strate No. 14.683
Spencer Humphreys
J. L. Edwards Esq Comt. of Pennms Washington D. C.

Buffalo July 5. 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq
Prison Office
In Enclosed is an attested copy of the Prison certificate of Jacob Drake & herewith a Duplicate thereof
Please direct Duplicate to me at Buffalo N.Y.
I am very Resp Yours obedt Servt
N. K. Hall

Encl
Buffalo N. Y. May 28, '09
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir -
Please send me the record of Jacob Drake Pension List 1831, Erie Co. N.Y.
Resp. Yours,
Mrs. E. F. Corner Buffalo N. Y.
637
# 33 St. John Pl.

12 305 South Ave. C. Washington Iowa. March 28-1928.
Adjutant General's Office Pension Dept. Washington. D. C. Gentlemen. Will you kindly ascertain for me if Jacob Wily Drake - who served in the Revolutionary War from Essex Co. N. J. received a pension?
Thanking you - I am Yours sincerely
Mrs. J. F. Kurtz.

Vets. adm.
Please send history care Jacob Drake
S. 637
to the undersigned, Respectfully H. H. Jenkins
Box 424 Benj. Franklin P.O. W. D. C.
5/22/40.

...sion on file in this Bureau. Scott Drob. Cur. File 637
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ June 10. 1775 4 mos. 20 days Pvt. John Seward Ephraim Martin N.J.   ✗ Nov. 1. 1776 15 days " Stull Hanson   ○ Jan'y 1777 1 mo. Peter Hopkins   Sept year or year & half 10 days Sgt. Stull  
Battles engaged in, Skirmish at N.Y. Redbank  X  Taking of the Hessians at  O  Scotts Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Frankford, N.J.
Date of application for pension, Sept 7 1853  This cl. was at
Residence at date of application, Concord, Erie Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born at Frankford Sussex Co. N.J. July 14. 1753.
Remarks: No data as to family. 1857 vs. Sussex Co. N.J.  of Red Bank (N.J.) & taking of Red Bank (Prison)  There are not the battles

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 11, 1929
Mrs. J.F. Kurtz 305 South Ave.C. Washington, Iowa
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.637, it appears that Jacob Drake was born, July 14, 1755, at Frankford, Sussex County, New Jersey.
While residing at said Frankford, he enlisted and served with the New Jersey Troops as follows:
From June 10, 1775 1755 , four months and twenty days as a private in Captain John Seward's Company, Colonel Ephraim Martin's Regiment and was in a skirmish at New York; from November 1, 1776, twenty-five days in Captain Stull's Company, Colonel Hankinson's Regiment and was in a skirmish at Redbank, Pennsylvania; in January, 1777, one month in Captain Peter Hopkins' Company and was at the taking of the Hessians at Scott's Plains; a year or two afterward, ten days as sergeant in Captain Stull's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

March 7, 1833, at which time he was living at Concord, Erie County, New York.
In 1837, he was living in Sussex County, New Jersey.
There are no data as to family.
The above noted Jacob Drake is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.